poor taste, in



poor taste, in

Also, in bad taste. Not suitable, unseemly, offensive, as in His criticism of the Pope was in poor taste, or That television interview was in very bad taste. These idioms use taste in the sense of "discernment of what is appropriate."
See also: poor

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JensYENS (Danish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Sibyllezi-BUY-lə (German)German, French
Irinei-Russian
Domenica-Italian
Ptolemaios-Ancient Greek
Bamforth['bæmfəθ]